(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy.

I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through.

If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities.

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.